Thursday, July 31, 2008

These giaint nuts and bolts belong to a temporary sewer line that ran from Waikiki into on of Honolulu's sewer mains after the one in Waikiki broke a couple of years ago. These nuts and bolts held pipe connections together for this temporary pipe was laid above ground.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Saturday, July 26, 2008

This Aloha Airlines Boeing 737-700W is putting on the brakes to slow down after arriving from Santa Ana, back in 2004. You can see the flaps and spoilers in the rear part of the wing deployed, as well as the leading edge slats to slow the aircraft down. You can also see part of HIckam AFB in the background.

Friday, July 25, 2008

Well, it's five months before Christmas ... I had this one ready to go this past winter, but felt it might work better in July. Kathy & I had gone to Honolulu Hale to check out the Christmas lights display.

Hope you all started your Christmas shopping ... only 153 days left! :-D

Thursday, July 24, 2008

At one of my part-time workplaces, we ran out of bottled water, so one of the guys had a funny notion to put those Dasani water bottles in the hole where the real five gallon jug is supposed to go. I found it quite funny myself ... and had my L3 to get a shot of it. If you're wondering ... he didn't open those small bottles.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Mokoli‘i Island, or Chinaman's Hat, sits off of Kualoa Regional Park on O‘ahu's windward coast. It's a popular attraction in which people can walk out to the island at extremely low tides. Keki‘inani got shots from Chinaman's Hat on her photo blog.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

This is the perspective from Aloha Stadium's Jumbotron Camera 2, above the north end zone, on the concourse of the red and yellow seating sections. It's also behind the stadium's Jumbotron. I took this photo during player warm-ups of a high school playoff game, hence the small crowd.

This can be one of the coldest spots in Aloha Stadium, as there is no shelter from the chilly north winds of our Hawaiian winters. For most residents of Hawai‘i, anything below 70°F is considered freezing. I have experienced the temperature dropping in a matter of an hour as the sun went down, and the winds kicked up.

In fact, during a UH game, a videographer from ESPN was on the platform near mine, wondered why I had my jacket wrapped around the legs of my tripod. I told him that during the second half, the temperature will drop around 10°F. He said he was in Oklahoma the week before, and that was cold ... in the 50s. Right after the halftime show, I put on my jacket, to prepare for the cold. During a TV timeout, I saw him grab his jacket out his backpack, and quickly put it on. I looked over, and he looked back and smiled, then said, "You were right, it's pretty chilly up here".

Camera 2 also has the challenge of fans, especially the ones who have had a few beers, wanting to be on TV. Those eager to be on "TV", tug the hem of my shorts to get my attention. To which my response is that they won't see themselves because we are behind the Jumbotron; and their response is usually delayed since the alcohol clouds the perception. I watched one guy's "light bulb" go from dim to bright as he stood and thought. There's usually a security guard or HPD officer around, but not always.

Friday, July 11, 2008

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck's helmet sits on a table on the NFC team sidelines, while he awaits his turn to get in the 2008 NFL Pro Bowl. The lime green dot along the centerline is to signify that the helmet contains communications equipment so that the plays can be relayed to the quarterback from the bench by radio.

Back in the day ... the Seahawks used to be my favorite NFL team, in the Jim Zorn / Steve Largent days. So I thought I could not pass up the opprtunity to get a shot of this helmet. Though I really don't follow the NFL (much less the Seahawks), I do enjoy working the Pro Bowl.

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

The non-starters for the University of Hawai‘i Warriors enter the field through an inflatble UH helmet, amidst the fog machines. Normally, for their home games, the Warriors wear their dark green helmets, but for this game against San Diego State University, a couple of years ago, they opted for the road silver helmets (which they will not wear on the road this season, only the green ones).

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

I did the field videocamera work for the pre-game festivities, the first half, and the half-time show, then handed off the camera to one of our other skilled Jumbotron shooters, and pulled cable for the second half.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

The theme week for July is "Football". With the 2008 season right around the corner, the NFL, colleges and high schools are gearing up with training camps about to begin, while the Canadian Football League season is underway, and the Arena Football League is in playoff mode.

Today's photo is from the 2008 Hula Bowl ... with the team "‘Aina" (Hawaiian for land) offense running its pass routes during pre-game warm ups. Two former University of Hawai‘i Warriors, defensive back Myron Newberry (#38) and receiver (#80) C.J. Hawthorne are seen above.

The Why

After beginning the HNL RareBirds blog, I wanted to put together a photo-a-day blog of my non-aviation photos ... whatever caught my eye at that time I had one of my cameras with me, and the story behind the photo. I'll sneak in aviation-related photos here and there, mostly photos that are not on my airliner blog.

Being a videographer for the past 25 years, I am used to capturing moving images. With photography, I am now capturing moments in time, sometimes at very small fractions of a second. It's a totally different mindset, on two different levels of creativity, though the basics for both, photo and video are the same.

Over the past few years, I have been blessed to have a few dozen photos published in several international airliner magazines, and other publications, along with articles I wrote, or co-wrote.

The light blue words in the text of the posts are related links that will open in a new window.

I thank Jesus Christ, my Lord & Saviour, for the creativity and inspiration to take these photos, for putting me in the right place & time, or for the idea to modify them. I thank all of my photographer friends for your support and advice, also for pushing my creativity further.

... And, I thank you all in advance for taking the time to check out the photos, and for the comments you leave, which are greatly appreciated.

Aloha!

My Goal ...

is that through these photos, it stirred an emotional response in you. Whatever your response was, I know it was different for each person. If any of these photos drew a response from you, I accomplished my goal, and do appreciate your comments.

Art is ... what it is.

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